Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film

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Czech Lion Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Czech Cinema
CountryCzech Republic
First awarded1993
Currently held by Vladimír Smutný
Website http://www.filmovaakademie.cz

Czech Lion Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Czech Cinema is an annual award given to person who contributed to Czech cinema by his or her life work.

Winners

YearRecipientNoteNotable films
1993 František Vláčil Director. [1] Marketa Lazarová
1994 Jan Švankmajer Director and animator. Alice
1995 Karel Kachyňa Director [2]
1996 Jiří Menzel Director and an Academy Award winner. [3] Closely Watched Trains
1997 Miloš Forman Director The Firemen's Ball
1998 Jiří Krejčík Director Higher Principle
1999 Miroslav Ondříček Cinematographer Intimate Lighting
2000 Věra Chytilová Director Daisies
2001 Otakar Vávra Director Witchhammer
2002 Juraj Jakubisko Slovak director The Millennial Bee
2003 Theodor Pištěk Costume designer
2004 Stella Zázvorková Actress
2005 Jan Němec Director Diamonds of the Night
2006 Ivan Passer Director Intimate Lighting
2007 Vojtěch Jasný Director All My Compatriots
2008 Juraj Herz Slovak Director The Cremator
2009 Jana Brejchová Actress
2010 Zdeněk Svěrák Screenwriter and actor Kolya
2011 Josef Somr Actor
2012 Karel Černý Art director and production designer Amadeus
2013 Vladimír Körner Screenwriter Adelheid
2014 Drahomíra Vihanová Director The Fortress
2015 Stanislav Milota Cinematographer
2016 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2017 Alois Fišárek Editor
2018 Věra Plívová-Šimková Director Krakonoš a lyžníci
2018 Hynek Bočan Director
2021 Ivo Špajl Audio engineer
2022 Marcela Pittermannová Dramaturge
2023 Vladimír Smutný Cinematographer

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References

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